Press View: Crystal Palace player ratings at Manchester United
PLAYER RATINGS - CRYSTAL PALACE AT OLD TRAFFORDJulian Speroni - Didn't have many saves to make and commanded box well. Beaten by Juan Mata's long range strike and some say he may have done better. But...
View ArticleFAN VIEW: Neil Warnock's tactics are inept and Crystal Palace lack an identity
IN HIS latest column, ALISDAIR KEMP explains why he thinks Neil Warnock is to blame for Crystal Palace's recent slump in form...CRYSTAL Palace have lost their tactical identity under Neil Warnock. This...
View ArticleWarnock expects Sheffield United return for defender
NEIL Warnock says he expects Palace defender Paddy McCarthy to return to Sheffield United on loan before the weekend.The boss put the centre-back on the substitutes' bench against Manchester United on...
View ArticleCrystal Palace defender makes Sheffield United return
PADDY McCarthy has returned for a second loan spell at Sheffield United.The Crystal Palace defender will stay at Bramall Lane until December 28, ansd it is believed Palace want him to feature in the...
View ArticleCrystal Palace boss reveals defensive target for January
CRYSTAL Palace are on the lookout for a new left-back in the January transfer window, manager Neil Warnock has confirmed. Joel Ward, naturally a right-back, has had to fill in on the left side for...
View ArticleCrystal Palace boss slams Watford defender for Jonny Williams tackle
NEIL Warnock has slammed the tackle that has left Palace midfield star Jonny Williams facing up to a month on the sidelines.The 21-year-old was on the end of a hefty challenge from Watford defender...
View ArticleJoe Ledley set for Wales test before facing Liverpool
JOE Ledley is looking forward to facing Liverpool next Sunday but his first priorities are with the Wales during the international break.The midfielder is set to tackle Belgium and their array of stars...
View ArticleWarnock hails Southampton star and Eagles academy graduate Nathaniel Clyne
PALACE boss Neil Warnock hopes to see Eagles academy graduate Nathaniel Clyne make his full England debut during the international break.The right-back received his first senior call-up and has been...
View ArticleCroydon Advertiser chief reporter Gareth Davies picks up double journalism...
CROYDON Advertiser chief reporter Gareth Davies has picked up double journalism awards for the second year in a row.Gareth was named Weekly Reporter of the Year and Digital Journalist of the Year at...
View ArticleCroydon Council considers building on school playing fields, says some are...
HOUSING could be built on school playing fields under controversial plans being drawn up by the council.A new report says there are schools in Croydon which have "very large" playing fields which might...
View ArticleTrial date set for Coulsdon pastor, 71, accused of child cruelty and sexual...
A FORMER Coulsdon Christian pastor accused of child abuse, assault by penetration on a woman and sexually assaulting 13-year-old girls has appeared in court.Reverend Howard Curtis, 71, of Bloxworth...
View Article'Why don't you pick it up?': Woman caught on camera ranting after being asked...
A WOMAN has been caught on camera swearing and shouting at a man who asked her to pick up some litter. A video, uploaded to YouTube, shows her foul-mouthed reaction to being asked to clear up a...
View ArticleSouth Croydon teenagers jailed for sickening attack on man in Southwark hotel...
THREE teenagers have been jailed for a total of 21 and a half years for a savage attack on a man in a hotel lobby in Southwark.Joseph Tanti and Morgan Stripling, both 18 and of Addington Road, South...
View ArticleBen Haenow X Factor blog: The Hunger Games premier, Croydon's support and the...
Croydon's Ben Haenow gives Advertiser readers an exclusive sneak peak behind the doors of the X Factor house in his weekly blog about life on the show...IT'S been a cool week because I went to the...
View ArticleChild's toy called Cock Happy on sale in Croydon's Whitgift Centre
IT WOULDN'T, on the face of it, seem to be the most appropriate name for a child's toy.The 'Cock Happy' electric chicken, on sale at a stand in the Whitgift Centre, is described as being a 'baby...
View Article'Scaffolders saved my life after I fell under train at East Croydon'
A FOREMAN who fell between the train and platform at East Croydon station during a rush-hour crush has thanked one of the men who helped to save him.Peter Gambrell, said he was "indebted" to two...
View ArticleRevealed: How a piece of the Berlin Wall ended up in Croydon
TWO years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a group of Berlin schoolchildren visited Croydon and gave the borough a fragment of the partition.November 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the day the wall...
View ArticleCroydon digs deep after teenager is robbed of £300 console at tram stop
GOOD Samaritans have clubbed together to offer a youngster a replacement games console – after he was robbed of his new one before he had even got it home.Police are hunting for the man who snatched...
View ArticleElderly woman found dead by firefighters after South Norwood house fire
AN ELDERLY woman has been found dead by fire crews who tackled a house fire in South Norwood last night (Friday).The woman, who has not been named, was found in the rear lounge of a home in Waverley...
View ArticleBoozers back Ben Haenow's bid for X Factor glory
WITH Ben Haenow edging closer to winning the X Factor crown, he returned to Croydon to visit another Crown, the pub in Shirley where he used to work.Ben was a barman at the pub seven years ago and...
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